Schoenefeldiella transiens is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae. It is the sole species in genus Schoenefeldiella. It is a perennial native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia and Sudan to Mpumalanga in northern South Africa.[1]

Schoenefeldiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Schoenefeldiella
P.M.Peterson (2021)
Species:
S. transiens
Binomial name
Schoenefeldiella transiens
(Pilg.) P.M.Peterson (2021)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chloris transiens Pilg. (1914)
  • Schoenefeldia transiens (Pilg.) Chiov. (1916)

The species was first named Chloris transiens by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914. In 2021 Paul M. Peterson placed it in the new monotypic genus Schoenefeldiella as Schoenefeldiella transiens.[1]

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